Week of November 16-20

Hello Everyone! It is great to be back in the classroom! It has been great getting to know all of your little ones! Here is an updated picture of my little pumpkin! Alyssa Marie Mandru

Important Dates:

Tuesday, November 17-History of DG quiz

Thursday, November 19-DG field trip

Social Science- We will be finishing up our History of DG packet and testing on it. We will start learning about Modern day Downers Grove. We are super excited to go on our field trip and see all the things we were learning about!

Reading & Language Arts:  This week we will work on our biographies unit. Students have been using a planning packet to eventually create a trading card.  Explicit directions are in your child’s homework pocket.  They will be presenting as their “biography person” the week after Thanksgiving.  This does not have to be memorized, simply read from their final product, the trading card.  However, a costume and/or artifacts are necessary.  Most of this work will be done at school, but practice will be necessary at home.

Next week we will also be working on a very quick writing project pertaining to Thanksgiving.  Yesterday you should have seen a bare turkey coming home.  Students need to “disguise” him so the farmer leaves him alone!!!   These is due on Monday.  Students will then write a short persuasive writing piece convincing the farmer that they are not really turkeys!! It’s not necessary to buy any crafty items, just use what you have at home.  I’ve seen feathers, beads, googly eyes, cloth, construction paper, and just plain old crayons used.  

Reading Menus are sue on Monday!

Keep reading for 20 minutes a night!

Spelling:   The pink “Words Their Way” spelling menu/spelling work is due on or before Friday 11/20.  Student work should be written on a sheet of notebook paper and everything stapled to the pink “menu.”  The students will also be tested on 15 of the words in their “sorts.”  Next trimester we will be using a new menu of tasks.

Math: We will start Unit 3 this week, focusing on 3 digit subtraction story problems.